Port Qasim handled imports, including steel coil (4,809 tons), containerised cargo (17,766 tons), edible oil (8,269 tons) and iron ore (9,125 tons). It exported containerised cargo (21,504 tons), rice (5,723 tons) and cement (11,871 tons). Berth occupancy was measured at 65 percent at the port on Tuesday, it said. It said that it moored three ships during the last 24 hours, which were carrying containers, steel coil and edible oil. A total of seven ships loaded and offloaded containers, cement, rice, steel coil, iron ore and edible oil. The Karachi Port Trust said that it berthed five ships in the last 24 hours, which were carrying containers and tankers, while another nine ships, carrying containers, project cargo, general cargo, ethanol and mogas, are expected to arrive at the port in the next 24 hours.

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